Welcome !

Dawei Hong
Associate professor
Department of Computer Science
Rutgers University – Camden
North 3rd & Penn Streets
Camden, NJ 08102

Contact
 Email: dhong@camden.rutgers.edu
Office: BSB (Business and Science Building) 308
Phone: 856-225-6699
Fax: 856-225-6142

Education
Ph. D. Computer science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1996
M. S. Mathematics, East China Normal University (Shanghai, China), 1982

Teaching
Spring 2008
  • 50:198:105 Introduction to computation: programming with MATLAB
    Text: W. J. Palm, "Introduction to Matlab 7 for Engineers", McGraw-Hill, 2004.
    To get the syllabus, click here.
    To get chapter 3, click here.

  • 50:198:451 Database systems
    Text: R. Ramakrishnan and J. Gehrke, "Database Management Systems", THE THIRD EDITION, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
    To get the syllabus, click here.
    The lecture notes with slides are available
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3
    Chapter 4 - part 1
    Chapter 4 - part 2
    Chapter 5
    Chapter 6
    Chapter 7
    Chapter 8
    Chapter 12
    Chapter 16
    Chapter 19
    Chapter 20
    Chapter 21

    Research
  • Mathematical modeling of biological network via stochastic differential equation
  • Probabilistic methods in fields related to computer science and engineering, such as combinatorial optimization, signal processing.

    Recent publications
    Analysis of noise-induced phase synchronization in nervous systems: from algorithmic perspective, Information Processing Letters Vol. 105 pp. 35 – 39, 2007. (single author) (pdf)

    Extracellular noise-induced stochastic synchronization in heterogeneous quorum sensing network, Journal of Theoretical Biology Vol. 245 pp. 726 – 736, 2007. (Co-authors: William M. Saidel, Shushuang Man and Joseph V. Martin) (pdf)

    The mechanism for stochastic resonance enhancement of mammalian auditory information processing, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 3:39 doi:10.1186/1742-4682-3-39, 2006. (Co-authors: Joseph V. Martin and William M. Saidel) (pdf)

    Graphical passwords based on robust discretization, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security Vol. 1. No. 3, pp. 395 – 399, 2006. (Co-authors: Jean-Camille Birget and Nasir Memon) (pdf)

    Analysis of web search algorithm HITS, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science Vol. 15, No 3 pp. 649 – 662, 2004. (Co-author: Shushuang Man) (pdf)

    Deviation bounds for wavelet shrinkage, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Vol. 49, No. 7 pp. 1851 – 1858, 2003. (Co-author: Jean-Camille Birget) (pdf)

    Approximation of some NP-optimization problems by finite machines, in probability, Theoretical Computer Science 259 pp. 323 – 339, 2001. (co-author: Jean-Camille Birget) (pdf)

    Grants
    ISATC pilot grant, Computer Security, $25,000, 2001 – 2002 (with Jean-Camille Birget)

    NSF grant on Trusted Computing CCR 0310793, Graphical password – design, analysis, and human factors, $149,957, 2003 – 2005 (with Jean-Camille Birget)

    Hobbies
    Classic music:
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    • - So many times, the passion in his music pushes me forward.
    Frιdιric Chopin - He was the piano poet, and a delicate man of extreme refinement of mien and manner.

    Bridge - the card game:
    Playing bridge at a professional level is perhaps the only achievement of mine. Envision all possible plays can be used to make or to defend a hand. Then, choose a sequence of these plays that may be successful with highest probability, and execute this sequence calmly.